Deep Blue 80 Breeder build help

[Gooburz]

Ok so hear me out on this one, I've become obsessed with the Deep Blue 80 breeder tank and I found a LFS that carries them and can order them. So my thought process was to set the tank up post deployment without a sump/fuge for the year and a half we will have in that house. After that time we will be buying a home and then when we moved I'd drill the tank and plum it for a sump at it's final destination.

My reasoning for that is it would be a nightmare moving the whole system while it had a sump and plumed. I've moved my tanks many times so moving isn't a big deal for me (without a sump).

Now during that time I'd still continue to use my ESHOPPS 150HOB rated for a 100 gal and do 25 gallon water changes every couple of weeks, ATO unit added as well. I've been running sumpless on my 40 breeder and 20L and had no issues for the past 3 years so I don't see it being a issue with the 80 breeder for a little over a year. Wanted to get some people's inputs on it, figure during that year too I can save up some more money and get higher end equipment for it as well.

Some may say why not wait and upgrade to the 80 breeder once I move.......really, tell a reefer not to upgrade when they have a chance lol.

 

[Myka]

I'd buy the tank now, drill it, get it all ready to go, and spend the next year and a half buying good equipment to go along with it. Then when you move it will all ready to go.

 

[Gooburz]

That's my problem, I couldn't just buy it and have it sit in my house for a year and not set it up, I would go crazy and just charge everything I wanted/needed.

 

[Myka]

Oh really? I had a custom tank once for so long that I ended up selling it before I even put water in it because I changed my mind on what I wanted to do.

 

[Gooburz]

Well what I'm thinking is it just might be pointless to not get it reef ready and sump it. Since my HOB skimmer is rated at 100 gallons (ESHOPPS PSK-100) it would suffice for a couple months until I can get the bubble mag curve 5.